Table 1.

UK population size and age composition

	Population size (millions)			Proportion of total population (%)
Year	1953	1985	2016	1953	1985	2016
Total	50.6	56.6	65.6	100.0	100.0	100.0
0–14	11.5	10.9	11.7	22.8	19.2	17.8
15–39	17.3	21.2	21.1	34.2	37.6	32.2
40–64	16.1	15.9	21	31.9	28.0	32.0
65–84	5.4	7.9	10.2	10.6	13.9	15.6
85+	0.2	0.7	1.6	0.5	1.2	2.4

Adapted with permission from Office for National Statistics. Population in England by age 2011 to 2017. ONS, 2017.